People often describe anesthesia as something that puts a patient in a "deep sleep." An anesthesiologist enters the operating ...

A recent study published in the journal Nature Neuroscience reported that brain clearance is reduced during anesthesia and sleep. Sleep represents a state of vulnerable inactivity. Given the risks of ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Instead of a deep sleep, general anesthesia is more like a reversible drug-induced coma, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday, in findings that could lead to better treatments for ...

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